Probably the big surprise is the opening of FAST AND THE FURIOUS 3 -- with no stars whatsoever and not a lot of advertising (and I'm likewise guessing not a huge budget) that's a respectable debut.

Good "hold" for CARS as well -- have to figure it might be close to #1 by the time the weekend is over.

THE OMEN looks dead and buried -- it might break $50 mil domestic but that's not overly spectacular...ranking below other remakes like AMITYVILLE HORROR and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE.

FRIDAY PROJECTIONS

1. NACHO LIBRE $11m
2. THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT $9.2 m
3. CARS $9m
4. THE LAKE HOUSE $5.1m
5. THE BREAK UP $3.2m
6. GARFIELD 2 $2.3m
7. X-MEN 3 $2.1m
8. THE OMEN $1.8m
9. DA VINCI CODE $1.4m
10. OVER THE HEDGE $1.2m

Weekend Estimates -- obviously a decent showing for CARS, good showing for Black's NACHO and FAST FURIOUS 3 too.

Also curious THE OMEN's drop off was....no joke....66.6% from a week ago!

1 1 Cars BV $31,181,000 ($114.5 mil total)
2 N Nacho Libre Par. $27,513,000
3 N The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Uni. $24,056,000
4 N The Lake House WB $13,665,000
5 2 The Break-Up Uni. $9,502,000 ($91 mil total)
6 N Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Fox $7,200,000
7 3 X-Men: The Last Stand Fox $7,150,000 ($215.5 m total)
8 4 The Omen (2006) Fox $5,350,000 ($46 m total)
9 5 The Da Vinci Code Sony $5,000,000 ($196 m total)
10 6 Over the Hedge DW $4,046,000 ($138 m total)